Setting up mechanism



y 1931- E. H. LORENZ ET AL 1,815,009

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(Der ptesentinvention relates tonneans for etting up. objects. which. arev received in a re.- cumbent or non-vertical; posturejand which are tebe pnstured on their bottoms or in. a vertical position.

In. glass manufacture there operatibns such, for instance, asathe; deliver-y: of molded bottles or similar objects from the fabricating machiue, in which the. articles are delivered recumbentposition; by a chute. or trough onto a. conveyor which conveys them to. a point at whiclrthey. are. tobe further handled, as,fo.r instance, to apoint at. which they are. to be moved. by a stacking device ontojthe. conveyor t alehr. Itisfdesirable that the bottle be setup for numerous. reasons, among them the following ('a). The

economical use. of the space on the liehrconveyor requires stacking. the bottles in. up right posltlon, and the mechanisms for stacking bottles ina lehi: are. usually adapted to. operate either by grasping the. tops of the bottles. or by pnshing them laterally while in upright position- If; hollow glassware.- is. permitted to. remain in recum; bent position. beforecooling, it may become distorted? i In general our invention'comprises means for receiving. and causing the ware totravel and cooperating means for engaging the traveling ware. and causing. it; to, assume the desired. posture. g r e furtherprovi de means for interrupting; the. travel of the pieces of ware so. that they will he presented; to the setting up means at proper intervals. \Ve so arrange the traveling means, the means that deliver the wane tothe traveling means and the interrupter, that the travelingmeans may receive and reduce the momentumof the ware to. a suitable extent before; the ware reaches the interru-pterin order that the ware may not rebound from the interrupteror so; destroy the timing of the presentation of the wareto the setting up means. The traveling means thus actsas a, combined brake and transport for= the ware,

We further prolviide means for properly guiding the. pieces during their travel.

" We further. proxzide means for delivering the set up ware from; the setting up mechanism. to the. mechanism which is to receive the same.

Other novel features of construction and also. of arrangement of parts will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying; drawings,-wlierei11 we. have illustrated an embodiment. of the principles. of our invention, Fig. 1 is an end view of the. machine; Fig. 2 is av plan View of the same; Fig. 3' isa detail in. plan of the setting up cup; Fig. 4 is a front: view of the same Fig. 5 is an enlarged end; view showing in detail the connections for intermittentlyapplying operative. power to the set up cup. and the gate Fig. 6: is a section taken along the line. 6.6 in. Fig. 5; Fig 7 is a front view showing the gate halting a bottle by engaging the front end thereof; Fig. 8 i s a side. elevation showing the gate halting a bottle by engaging its neck; Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view showing a bottle about to. beset up. and the neXt bottle to the rear halted: by the gate Fig. 10 is a like view showing the. bottle in the process of-being set up; Fig. 11 is a. likev view showingthe bottlei set and engaged bythe cup and the rest; Fig 12 is a like view showing the cup raised and the set up bottle continuing its travel; Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view showing the relation between the conveyor and thedelivery chute; 145 is a detail in plan of the turnovercup; Fig. 15 is a front view of the same; Fig. 16 is a'diagram-matic View showing. a wrongly "directed bottle about to. be turned over and the next bottle to the rear halted by the gate associated with the turnover mechanism; Fig. 17 is a like view showing the bottle in the process of being:- turned over; Fig. 18 is a like view showing a further step in the turning over of the bottle; Fig. 19 is a like view showing the. bottle completely turned over; and Fig. 20 is; a like. view showing in order the first gate, the turnover mechanism, the second gate, andthe setting-up mechanism, and showing bottlespositioned to be acted upon by each of these mechanisms.

' Re-ferringte the. drawings, 1 is the frame of the machine upon which is carried a horizontally disposed conveyor frame 2. 3 is an endless conveyor mounted on the usual rol ers which are carried by the frame. conveyor may be made of any suitable material, as for instance asbestos or like material which furnishes high frictional resistance to glassware, or (as shown) it may be of woven wire fabric which, while having less frictional resistance thanasbestos, has other qualities highly desirable in a conveyor. One of said rollers shown at 4 is keyed on a shaft 5 journaled in the sleeve bearings 6 of the frame. At one of its ends the roller shaft 5 is coupled to the delivery shaft of the speedreducing mechanism 7 mounted on the machine frame. The speed reducer is driven, as by the sprockets 8 and 9 and the chain 10 from the motor 11 which is mounted on the machine frame. The 'di rection of travel of the conveyor is from top to bottom of Fig. 2. 13 is a cam shaft journaled in the frame longitudinally thereof and having its front end provided with a bevel gear 14 meshing with a similar gear 15 on the inner end of a transversely disposed shaft 16 journaled in bearings 17 in the machine frame.

The outer end of the shaft 16 has fixed thereon a head 19, one end of which is provided with an inwardly extending post 20 upon which is rotatably mounted the tailed pawl 21, the pawl being resiliently pressed inwardly towards the shaft 16 by the spring 22 23 is a sprocket idle on the shaft 16 and operatively connected by the chain 24 to the sprocket 25 of the speed reducer 7. Thus the sprocket 23 is continuously rotated. Keyed on the hub of the sprocket 23 is a ratchet wheel 26 which is engaged by the tooth 21a of the pawl 21 when said pawl is not retracted, thus causing the shafts 16 and 13 to be rotated. The tail 21b of the pawl 21 is recessed'so as to be engaged by a pin 27 which is also the piston rod of the piston 28 in the fluid pressure cylinder 29 which is mounted on the frame. 30 is a helical spring in said cylinder behind the piston, which tends to extend the pin 27 into the path of the tail of the pawl 21. The pin is retracted by means of fluid pressure admitted to the cylinder in front of the piston through a pipe 31. When fluid pressure is admitted to the frontend of the cylinder, the pin 27 is retracted and the pawl 21 engages the ratchet wheel '26, thus imparting rotary movement to the shaft 16 and through it to the cam shaft 13. WVhen the fluid pressure is relieved from the front of the piston, the spring 30 causes the pin to be extended into the path of the tail 21b of the pawl 21. The curved surfaceof the'tail 21b moving in'a clockwise direction about the shaft 16 when the pawl is engaged .(Fig. 5), encounters the stationary pin 27, which causes a clockwise The turning movement of the pawl 21 about the post 20 and withdraws the tooth 21a from the ratchet wheel 26. This causes the shafts 16 and 13 to cease rotation.

A second and smaller ratchet wheel 32 having its teeth in a reverse direction to that of the teeth of ratchet wheel 26 is also keyed on the hub of the sprocket 23. 33 is a second spring pressed pawl carried by the head 19 andengaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel 32. 'The function of the ratchet wheel 32 and its pawl 33 is to prevent the shafts 13 and 16 turning faster than their normal speed due to the drive through ratchet 26 as abovedescribed. The admission of fluid pressure to the cylinder 29 and the relief of pressure therefrom through the pipe 31 is in practice controlled by a moving part of some of the mechanism operatively associated with the set up mechanism and with the movements of which those of the set up mechanism are to be synchronized.

On the shaft 13 is mounted a cam 34 which actuates a rocker arm 35 pivoted at one end to the shaft 36. The free end of the arm 35 is connected by a link 37 to the lower end of the post 38 slidably mounted in the vertical stand 39. The upper end of the post 38 has clamped thereto and vertically adjustable thereon the head 40 on which is mounted the horizontal arm 41 preferably made of flat spring steel. The free end of the arm 41 has mounted thereon the depending gate 42. F

The gate 42 is a flat steel plate of proper dimensions to be disposed in front of a bottle, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 7 and 9, when the gate is lowered to halt the bottle. The gate is recessed upwardly as at 43 so that if the end of the bottle has passed beyond the path of the gate as the latter is lowered, the gate will straddle the neck of the bottle as illustrated in Fig. 8 and thus halt the bottle. The bottles when delivered to the conveyor by a chute may arrive at varying speeds dependent upon the manner in which they are delivered to the chute. It is desirable, in order to assure proper spacing of the articles by the gate, that the bottles be traveling at the speed of the conveyor when they reach the gate. Hence the gate should be positioned away from the receiving end of the conveyor a distance such that the frictional resistance of the conveyor will overcome the maximum momentum of the bottles and present them to the gate at the speed of the conveyor.

The shaft 13 has also fixed thereon a second cam 44 which engages a second rocker arm 45 also pivotally connected at one end to the shaft 36 and having its other end connectedby a link 46 to the lower end of a post 47 slidable in the/stand 48.

The upper end of the post 47 has mounted thereon a, flat. steeL spring; ar n 49 on the free end fwh eh is m un e the ift n cup 50'whieh is; shown. in. detail,- in; Figs... 3 and, 4; The lifting cup-has a closed front ench and 5itsbotto1n. and. sides.- are closed.- by anarouatewallgso as .to receive the hOttle as thelatter advances with the conveyor, as illustiiated in; Eig, 10.. Thea under, side of said arcuate wall is1notched.as51,. so that as the bottle is raised toits vertical, position, the cup; will. he disengaged smashes-1 asthe cup.-continues:-to rise. v p

. 52,.isq azst op against which-the bottle is raisech by the lifting, cup, the stop being canr-ie d by the arm-153 adjustably' mounted onstandardoe the lower end of-which is secured in asoeket 55 in,the conveyor frame. The. stop vmay he provided with. apair of, asbestospads 5.6 disposed in f angular. relation toyeach'other, and: against which the lQQti le is raised by the lifting cup. Asthe hottie app roachesethe vertical, its ,centerof, gravity 123. 5% its]- forward, edge andtthe bottle tips ash ov upright position, its 11.11196? n drawing bacle from; the eupi he cup thereby having a chance .toclear without tipping the bottle backwands. This stnaightening: up, combined with; the foryvardmovement of the conveyor, would continue the turning; motion and upsetthebottle ,baokward, if? it were not for the stop 52;,against1 whichthe bottle contaetszjust. as: it, reaches avertical position.

0 1' the Side ofithepath of. th Wor ing strand of the conveyor is a guide platev 5/1, thefront on workingrface of, which ma -.139

prOVidedYWith an; asbestos pad, and. said guide plates are adjustable. towards and away from each, other to. accommodate th sin to different. widths. of were. Thus. I fin/Ki g, 2 thelower edgesof. said-plates are provided with, outwardly extending hracketsBS which are provided with. slotted holes 5,9engaged b 1ts..6,0. which are screwed down into 7 .ofgthe path of .moiI lhentof-the lifting, cup,

the. conveyor: frame. l I

At, the front end of the conveyor; in. front is: pnovided a third, guid plate. 61. which, is disposed. angularly, across. .theflpath, of moves Inentofi the conveyor, asshown, in.Eig, 2, for the purpose of directing the ware. on o he vn -ti g tr ns r dis 62 by me of which, the setup ane is delivered. to. the receiyinginechanism;

In-Iiig. 131 ShQW diagrammatically the bottles being delivered top: fonemost down an inclined chute- G3- tov the oonyeyorr 3 the h te b ing as ume e: c nne e wit the take-out or discharge mechanism of -the fabricating machine. Under these circumstances, bottles or other ware as. delivered to. the conveyoin will have acertain momenr tum, which might, causethein to move for- Wardly. a faster rate than that of con.- veyor travel into contactwwith the; gate. This is avoided by placingythe gate. suffi'ciently, .far. from the point at, which; the were reaches the, conveyor. that. thefrictional, resistance of the. conveyor overcomes the inaxi nuiu momentum, before the; ware arrives, attheigate. i

I Inthe .operationof our setting -up mechanism, the; objects, such, bottles. or, other articles of waresare delivered to the conveyor. which travelscontinuously and at uniform speed andsaidobjects. are.halted, in turn by; the gate which is. lowered at. the proper. intervals. At. the proper instant the gate" is, raised and the. intercepted object then moves on into. engagement with fthe lifting device which raises the ohject and standsit upright on the conveyor Incase, throughv anycause, such as the ir egular eat ng efa heobjeets cattle en eysrmhe gatev descends tooflate to ,be positioned in front of the object it will straddle the neck thereof. and thus. halt l the .ohj ect.

The n he i t .g de ce: ea fiins with. the or a Havel; t. e: q nyeylei causes the object to be moved into anerec position d, he tQR-pteven e arwa whaling. and sii esihe i ing.de iee an P- 1 oiz 'un itys. be ut hen elevated and; clear t 1 1 he] b t le wh c isfin wt travelin flatware. w h he. cnveyon T etltavel he e nv y -cause f h i ette m t er.- War mt'h defle t tans erre it he mechanism which is to receive the ),bje c"es,

then, as. illustrated in l, the,,objects are. vdelivered, tofthe conveyor by gravity,

hei me nt m men s lt- 1.1.. lielrf rlesw m spac ng n disposa n. h onveys wh e migh nte ere. with. he r. singer e gagement by. t i tings- E ie-em p i m n O he; se s owe er nsu es; he presentation of the objects at the proper i t rvals and in the proper, sequencegtothe l t g; our; and, the lateral; uide u e t e p set alig m nt e ebi etsise hetz hey be readi y et up heit slt man od n. p oper alignment- Tghey whm izahen ot h openetipnt of h1el. tti s; p .cuna he ga ew th hew- I oration of the n echanislmf;associated with t e nsit cha smg nsurestbe prene ivery. of e. tn? bje ts; Th s em iiwentionv particularly, lends. itself to; anteirnatic installations such for instance as the fahricati on and. annealing of, glasswane;

The proper operation. of our setting rup ev e enee 1 0 1,- he d ve y hereto of. bottles. which. travel tQP. first, I ffthe; bot; tles. are delivered bottom. first to. the con a t. t s ssa y hat hey be tanned over topresent their neck portions, to the setting-up device, Iience, if the delivery me ns s s h that hey m%; lB i5E QI 1Ql' all; of the bott es? bott m rs to; he Q93- vieyor, We: provide. add t onal mfithen fimi C9.- operating with the conveyor; and; lecai ed ahead: of the. settinghnp mechanism which we will effect the turnover of improperly headed bottles. This mechanism may comprise (1) a duplicate of the gate mechanism above described to time the presentation of the bottles to the turnover; and (2) a turnover mechanism in all respects identical to "the setting-up mechanism above described, save that the stop 52 is omitted, the cup 50 so formed as to coact with the bottoms, but not the tops of the bottles, and if desired a reduction in the amount of lift of the cup to assure that the bottles'be positively overturned through contact with the cup, if necessary, by the forward travel of the conveyor. Such mechanism is shown in Figs. 14 to 20 wherein Figs. 14 and 15 show the cup 50a and Figs. 16 to 19, show diagrammatically the gate 42a, the cup 50a, the gate 42, and the cup 50 and their method of operation. I

It is obvious that the turnover mechanism has utility per se and need not necessarily be used in association with the setting-up device.

. What we desire to claim is 1. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a conveyor to move objects in apredetermined path, a lifting device arranged to engage the forward ends of the objects and raise them into a Vertical posture, and means for preventing the raised objects from backward toppling.

7 2. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a moving conveyor to move objects in a predetermined path, a lifting device arranged to engage the forward ends of the objects and raise them into a stable vertical posture on the conveyor, and a stop against which said objects are raised by the lifting device. a I 3. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a conveyor to move objects in a predetermined path, a lifting :device arranged to move in a path at variance with the path of the conveyor and to engage the forward ends of the objects and move them into a stable vertical posture on said conveyor, and a gate arranged to intermittently move into the path of theobjects on the conveyor to intercept their movement and regu. late their presentation to the lifting device.

4. In setting-up mechanism, the combina tion of a conveyor to move objects in a predetermined path, a lifting device arranged to move in a path at variance with the path of the conveyor and to engage the forward ends of the objects and move them into a stable vertical posture on said conveyor, a gate arranged to intermittently move into the path of the objects on the conveyor to intercept their movement and regulate their presentation to the lifting device, and a stop against which the objects are moved by the lifting device.

5. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a conveyor to move objects in a predetermined path, a lifting device arranged to be intermittently raised and lowered in relation to the conveyor to engage the objects and raise them into a vertical posture, and a gate arranged to be raised and lowered in relation to the conveyor and to thus inter cept the traveling objects and thus regulate their presentation to the lifting device.

6. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a conveyor to move objects in a predetermined path, a lifting device arranged to be intermittently raised and lowered in relation to the conveyor to engage the objects and raise them into a vertical posture, a gate arranged to be raised and lowered in relation to the conveyor and to thus intercept the traveling objects and thus regulate their presentation to the lifting device, and a stop against which the lifting device raises the objects.

7. The combination with an object-deliv ery mechanism of a setting-up mechanism comprising an endless moving conveyor which receives the objects from the delivery mechanism and causes them to travel in a horizontal posture in a predetermined path on said conveyor, a lifting device arranged to engage the traveling objects and move them with respect to said conveyor into a vertical posture thereon, and means arranged tointercept the traveling objects and regulate their presentation to the lifting device.

8. A setting-up device for glassware comprising lifting means for lifting one end of a piece of glassware, and coacting horizontally moving means for advancing the other end of the ware whereby the ware is set up by a turning movement and means for preventing a continued turning movement beyond the vertical posture.

9. A setting-up device for glassware comprising a conveyor, means coacting therewith for lifting one end of the glassware from said conveyor while the other end is moved forward by the conveyor and means for preventing the ware from overturning upon continued movement of the conveyor. v

10. A setting-up device for glassware, comprising a conveyor, means for moving said conveyor, means for lifting one end of the glassware from the said conveyor while the other end is being moved forward by the conveyor, and means synchronized with the conveyor moving means for periodically operating the lifting means.

11. A setting-up device for glassware, comprising a conveyor, means for lifting one end-of the glassware from the said conveyor while the other end is being moved forward by the conveyor, and means active at regular intervals for raising and lowering the lifting means.

12. In setting-up mechanism, the combination of a conveyor to move the objects, which are to be set up, in a predetermined path, and means moving substantially perpendicularly to the path of the conveyors movement for engaging one end of each of the objects as they are presented by the conveyor and causing them to assume a stable vertical posture on said conveyor.

13. A setting-up device for glassware, comprising a conveyor for moving the ware in a predetermined path, means for engag ing the ware as it is presented by the conveyor means independent of the movement of the ware for intermittently raising and lowering said engaging means to cause the ware to assume a vertical posture, and a gate arranged to be intermittently interposed in the path of the ware to regulate the presentation thereof to the said engagmg means.

14. A setting-up device for glassware, comprising a conveyor for moving the ware in a predetermined path, means moving in a path at variance with the path of the conveyor but in the vertical plane thereof for engaging a part of the objects while the objects are upon the conveyor and moving them into a vertical posture while maintaining them continuously upon the said conveyor and means for preventing the objects from turning beyond the vertical posture.

Signed at Hartford, Connecticut, this 17th day of'November, 1927.7

EDWARD H. LORENZ. JOHN E. SCHRODER. 

